Security Council Presidency
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • July 2, 2019
Peru, the second country after Colombia to accept the most refugees from Venezuela, has so far taken in 800,000 Venezuelans escaping their nation’s crushing economic and political crisis. But the Peruvian government has recently changed its travel requirements, asking migrants…
- Categories: Latin America, Security Council, Security Council Presidency
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • June 3, 2019
Still, this small oil-rich Arab country has an agenda of its own that it wants to fulfill as it ends its last presidency on the Council — in probably decades — on a strong note. For June, Kuwait plans to…
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • May 2, 2019
Indonesia, the world’s fourth-most populous country, just held what its top United Nations ambassador, Dian Triansyah Djani, calls the “world’s largest election ever held” for a presidency in such a short period of time. While ballots are still being…
- Categories: Asia, Security Council Presidency
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • April 9, 2019
To try to show European unity before a key parliamentary election for the European Union in May, France and Germany teamed up for the United Nations Security Council presidencies in March and April, respectively. After the first stint by…
- Categories: Security Council, Security Council Presidency
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • March 4, 2019
As a united front in the fight to preserve the European Union, France and Germany are about to gain a global audience. During March and April, their top United Nations ambassadors, François Delattre and Christoph Heusgen, will take turns —…
- Categories: Climate Change, Gender Violence, Security Council Presidency
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • February 4, 2019
A trip by the United Nations Security Council to the Ivory Coast and Guinea-Bissau in West Africa to promote state sovereignty; a visit to the UN from one of Africa’s longest-serving head of state, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo;…
- Categories: Africa, Security Council Presidency
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • January 3, 2019
Although the Dominican Republic has been a member of the United Nations since 1945, the country is making its debut on the Security Council this month — starting big, as the president in the rotating seat. It is the…
- Categories: Caribbean, Security Council Presidency
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • December 4, 2018
The Ivory Coast holds the rotating presidency in December in the United Nations Security Council at a pivotal point in its membership in the world body. The West African country was elected to its current term in the Council…
- Categories: Africa, Security Council Presidency
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • November 4, 2018
Welcome back to our monthly column, Security Council Presidency, providing insight into the United Nations Security Council member sitting in the rotating seat of the presidency every month and featuring a capsule of the country itself. The column kicked…
- Categories: Development, Security Council, Security Council Presidency
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • October 1, 2018
Welcome back to our monthly column, Security Council Presidency, providing insight into the United Nations Security Council member sitting in the rotating seat of the presidency every month and featuring a capsule of the country itself. The column began…
- Categories: Latin America, Security Council Presidency, US Foreign Relations
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • September 4, 2018
Welcome back to our monthly column, Security Council Presidency, providing insight into the United Nations Security Council member sitting in the rotating seat of the president every month. The column began in July, when Sweden was president, led by…
- Categories: Security Council Presidency, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • August 1, 2018
Welcome to our new column, Security Council Presidency, providing insight into the United Nations Security Council member sitting in the rotating seat of the president every month. The column began in July, when Sweden was president, led by the…
- Categories: Security Council, Security Council Presidency
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • July 5, 2018
Welcome to our new column, Security Council Presidency, providing insight into the United Nations Security Council member sitting in the rotating seat of the president every month, starting in July with Sweden and its ambassador, Olof Skoog. The column…
- Categories: Climate Change, Security Council, Security Council Presidency